An air strike has hit a hospital which Doctors Without Borders was operating in northern Yemen, killing and wounding an unknown number of people.
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People carry an injured man in Yemen, used for representation.
According to MSF, the attack took place at 3:45 p.m. local time (12:45 GMT).
MSF spokeswoman Malak Shaher confirmed the incident and told AFP the agency has had a team at the public hospital in the coastal town since 2015.
MSF facilities in Yemen have been hit before amid ongoing fighting in the country.
Abs Hospital, located in the country’s Hajjah governorate and supported by the global medical charity, was targeted by the warplanes at 3:45 p.m. local time, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.
Last year, one person was killed in coalition air strikes on an MSF-supported health centre in the neighbouring province of Saada and a mobile clinic in the southern province of Taiz were hit in air strikes, according to the charity.
Coalition spokesman General Ahmed Assiri denied targeting a school, instead accusing Houthi clan supporters of de-facto president Ali Abdullah Saleh of using “children as recruits”.
The Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, has been providing government troops with air support since March 2015.
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Abs is adjacent to the town of Harad, on the border with Saudi Arabia, and from where rebels have repeatedly shelled areas on the kingdom’s side of the frontier, causing both civilian and military deaths.
